Nama : Ahmad Rizki Attamimi

Nim : 210106017

Definisi listening
1. menurut tarigan :

Listening is a process of listening to verbal symbols with full attention, understanding, appreciation, and
interpretation to obtain information, capture the content or message and understand the meaning of
communication that has been conveyed by the speaker through speech or spoken language.

2. Drs. Hanapi Natasasmita :

Listening is listening specifically and focusing on the object being heard.

3. Djago Tarigan :

Listening can be defined as an activity that includes listening to the sounds of language, identifying,
observing, and reacting to the meanings contained in the listening material.

4. Russell & Russell :

Listening means listening with understanding and attention and appreciation.

5. Anderson :

Listening is a major process of listening, recognizing, and interpreting spoken symbols.

6. Akhadi-at :

Listening is a process that includes listening to the sounds of language, identifying, interpreting, and
reacting to the meanings contained in it.

7. Nurhadi :

listening or listening in a narrow sense refers to the mental process of the listener receiving the sound
stimulated by the speaker and then compiling an interpretation of what he hears.

8. Nurhadi :

Listening in a broad sense refers to the process that the listener not only understands and makes
interpretations of what he hears, but more than that he tries to do what is informed by the material he
is listening to.

9. Harimurti K. :
Listening means listening with full understanding and attention and appreciation.

10. Google :

Listening is an activity of perceiving, processing and interpreting a problem by involving one's senses.

Disimpulkan
From some of the opinions above, it can be concluded that listening is listening and understanding the
contents of the reading material because it can be concluded that the main purpose of listening is to
capture, understand or appreciate the messages, ideas, and ideas implied in the reading material.

Listening is a type of receptive spoken language skill. Thus, listening is not just an activity of listening but
also understanding it. There are two types of listening situations, namely interactive listening situations
and non-interactive listening situations. Interactive listening occurs in face-to-face conversations and
telephone conversations or the like. In this type of listening, we take turns doing listening and speaking
activities.